Phil Steele says Nebraska will be #17 heading into the season

[carlfense]

Did we or did we not play in the B1G championship game?

Were we there? Yes. We played in the B1G championship game.

Were we a contender for the title? No.

 

[EZ-E]

You just said we didn't contend for a conference championship when in all actuality I believe we did??????

Missing what is horribly funny. There wasn't a team that was head and shoulders above where we were last year in the conference. tOSU was better than us but not light years. Please inform me.

 

[HuskerNationNick]

Were we there? Yes. We played in the B1G championship game.

Were we a contender for the title? Yes

FIFY. We were the team Wisconsin wanted to defeat. Two contestants in that game were Nebraska and Wisconsin.

Contender: Noun

• S:rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender (the contestant you hope to defeat) "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
  

 

[EZ-E]

Did we or did we not play in the B1G championship game?

Were we there? Yes. We played in the B1G championship game.

Were we a contender for the title? No.

So we play like dog sh#t in one game and that negates the entire body of work throughout the season? Sure, we got handled in the title game. That's not up for debate. But to say that we didn't contend for the title all year would be wrong. We will contend again this year.

 

[carlfense]

Were we there? Yes. We played in the B1G championship game.

Were we a contender for the title? Yes

FIFY. We were the team Wisconsin wanted to defeat. Two contestants in that game were Nebraska and Wisconsin.

Contender: Noun

• S:rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender (the contestant you hope to defeat) "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
  

:lol:

Too funny.

 

[Landlord]

Did we or did we not play in the B1G championship game?

Were we there? Yes. We played in the B1G championship game.

Were we a contender for the title? No.

I mean, we played in the game that decided the title, competing against another team. I'd say that is the definition of a contender.

 

[clyde40]

Did we or did we not play in the B1G championship game?

Were we there? Yes. We played in the B1G championship game.

Were we a contender for the title? No.

Remember a game like this defines an entire football program :sarcasm

 

[The Dude]

The road to the conference title game is less rocky than last year, but chances are we'll actually have to play the best team from the other division if we make it. We'll absolutely contend for the division title. Conference title? You're funny.

 

[carlfense]

So we play like dog sh#t in one game and that negates the entire body of work throughout the season?

I can't recall saying that.

We will contend again this year.

We'll see. I wouldn't be terribly surprised to play in Indy again this year. At this point I would be surprised if we won.

 

[carlfense]

I mean, we played in the game that decided the title, competing against another team. I'd say that is the definition of a contender.

You didn't watch the game?

 

[carlfense]

The road to the conference title game is less rocky than last year, but we'll actually have to play the best team from the other division if we make it. We'll absolutely contend for the division title. Conference title? You're funny.

:yeah

 

[sd'sker]

i love semantics. richard rorty would love this thread.

 

[StPaulHusker]

 

[jsneb83]

I mean, we played in the game that decided the title, competing against another team. I'd say that is the definition of a contender.

You didn't watch the game?

We put up a weak fight, but we were still in the fight. Like a boxer getting knocked out in the first round of a title match.

 

[carlfense]

We put up a weak fight, but we were still in the fight. Like a boxer getting knocked out in the first round of a title match.

In the same way that I could contend against Mike Tyson in his prime . . . sure.